The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

But it is said that the sage decreed that Wang Ziteng, the inspector of the capital of nine provinces, was transferred to be the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. The current governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Chen Bin, returned to his hometown for the time being to recover from his injuries.Wang Ziteng was surprised and delighted when he received the order.These days, Jia Cong talked to him several times about the current situation in the West and America, and the boatload of gold has already made him salivate.Then he met several times in secret with Jia Cong, Shui Rong, Huo Sheng and others to discuss more.Because of seeing each other a lot, and listening to Liu Aiyun's words, he is really different from ordinary opera singers.Although her face was still as cold as ice, she secretly looked up to Liu Aiyun in her heart.

Jia Cong secretly persuaded: "Brother Xue has such a temper, anyway, I can't trust him. It is difficult to make a big deal, unless there is a smart person watching him. Sister Xue is smart enough, but it is inconvenient for her to be a woman. I have been with you all these years. Brother Xue is also good at dating, and he is not a long-term lover. Anyway, it is okay for a man to marry later; uncle Liu's temperament can also be seen, and he is not one who will be entangled. In the future, he will be good Get together well, fulfill Big Brother Xue's mind, and attract him to make progress. Wouldn't it be nice if there were still people looking at him in the past few years? No one is young and frivolous. Ten years later, Liu Aiyun will be old and faded ..."

Wang Ziteng thought for a long time, then sighed: "Even if I don't agree, what can I do?"

Later, he and Liu Aiyun became a little more friendly.Xue Pan was overjoyed to see him, and thanked Jia Cong with a generous gift.

Everything in Lingnan has been completed, so everyone hurried away.Although it was extremely hard work, everyone did it happily.Only Xue Pan was going crazy.

He is just an ordinary dandy, although he is motivated, but his ability is limited, he was blinded for a while, and he always asks Liu Aiyun for everything.How does Liu Aiyun, an actor, know all that?Because of this, the matter was concealed, so I didn't dare to invite the shopkeeper indiscriminately, and I was a little flustered.So he came to Jia Cong for advice.

Jia Cong thought for a while, and said: "I can recommend my fourth uncle to teach him first. It's just that if his mind is on our major issues, the original business of Xue's family will not be able to take care of them. Our business is just beginning. At that time, every household has to have money to support it, so he can't let go of Xue's business, he has to find someone else to take charge of it."

Liu Aiyun said: "I think that cousin of his is a good one."

Jia Cong said: "I've also heard that Xue Biao is good, but Aunt Xue may not be willing to give it to him. And this matter is secret. I don't trust Xue Biao, but I don't understand it and dare not use it. You can ask brother Xue, can you?" Ask Big Sister Xue to help deal with it behind the scenes. She is in the same age as my sister, and I heard that she has not yet found a suitable family. Tell Big Sister Xue, if she can help us start this business, the Xue family will benefit greatly , It doesn't matter if she gets a good family. As long as she is not too greedy, the palace can also enter."

Liu Aiyun glanced at him.

Jia Cong said with a smile: "Huo Sheng is seventeen this year, and Shui Rong is only in his 20s. She can't be the first wife, and the younger wife is fine. Our families are all tied together by a rope."

Liu Aiyun shook her head and said, "Why bother to make people look down on you?"

Jia Cong looked at him and said with a smile, "Brother Liu is so considerate of Big Sister Xue, it turns out that the elder sister-in-law is like a mother."

Liu Aiyun's face turned red, and she glared at him: "Don't talk nonsense, I haven't met his sister before, so it's my turn to think about it. It's just that I sing opera every day, and I have been to many princes and palaces, so I know some things about the world. .”

Jia Cong shrugged and said: "If she experiences in the business field for a while, it is unknown what she wants will change. As for Aunt Xue, she has weak ears and short knowledge, so it is easy to be coaxed by Uncle Wang and Big Brother Xue. "

Liu Aiyun thought for a while, Xue's family was really sparsely populated, and they couldn't find anyone else for no reason, so she said: "Let's try it for now."

Jia Cong rolled his eyes, pulled him and said in a low voice: "When I mentioned Xue Biao, I remembered something. In the early years, I heard that the young lady of the Xue family had a marriage contract with Mei Hanlin's son?"

Liu Aiyun nodded and said, "It is true."

Jia Cong said: "My brothers and I have also known many scholars in these years. I heard that although Mei Hanlin is knowledgeable, he has some flaws in his character. He is quite utilitarian. Whether this marriage will be successful is unknown Anyway, tell Big Brother Xue that you have a bottom line in your heart."

Liu Aiyun knew that his two gentlemen were both great Confucians, so she had no doubts about this and nodded repeatedly.

So he went back to discuss with Xue Pan for half a day, and Xue Pan discussed with Wang Ziteng for half a day. In the end, Wang Ziteng went to see Aunt Xue first to lay the groundwork.He only said that he was doing business with several nobles and wanted to take Xue Pan with him.However, for this matter, we have to travel between Lingnan and Nanjing, and I am afraid that at least half of the day will be spent there.Fearing that he is too young to be too busy, the business in Xuejiajing must be handled by another knowledgeable and trustworthy person, and Xue Biao is the only one at the moment.Aunt Xue really hesitated.

Wang Ziteng sighed: "It would be great if Bao girl was a man. In terms of talent and thought, she is better than that kid Xue Biao, and she is also reliable."

Aunt Xue also said: "My Baochai is extraordinary in everything, ten times better than her elder brother! But she is a girl." Then she hurriedly asked, "Since my elder brother has joined hands with several nobles, can there be someone suitable for her?" Baby girl?"

Wang Ziteng said: "It's very easy to find someone at random, but I don't think any of them are worthy of Bao girl. After two years of this business, Pan'er will be stronger, and Bao girl's status will naturally be higher. Xue Biao I usually spend more time with noble people in Beijing, so I can also see if there are any good people."

Aunt Xue said worriedly: "Tad'er is smaller than Baochai, what can he do. Besides... the news Pan'er got from outside a few days ago, Mei Hanlin may not be reliable."

Wang Ziteng frowned: "Is there such a thing?"

Aunt Xue shook her head and said, "Who says scholars are trustworthy?"

When Xue Pan came back in the evening, he discussed the matter with Aunt Xue again, and said that he had to find someone to manage the business in Beijing.He smiled and said: "I have a very reliable candidate in my heart, but I don't know if my mother can agree."

Aunt Xue thought it was Xue Biao, and felt that if he was allowed to preside over the affairs of the Xue family's capital, Xue Baoqin would be the first to get a good marriage, which was a bit unpleasant.

Xue Pan laughed and said, "My sister has always been more reliable than me. Anyway, there are guys out there, so it's better to let my sister take care of the important accounts, okay?"

Aunt Xue was shocked: "Your sister is a girl, how can you make it?"

Xue Pan said: "Why can't it be done? It's not like going out every day. The eldest girl of Rongguo Mansion is in charge of their family's ethnology. Now everyone agrees. Besides, the sister has also helped me in the past two years. I've read a lot of account books, and I'm much more familiar with them than others. She figured out many things in the accounts for me. Look at the Liu's Timber Store on Gulou West Street, which is next door to our home, Hengshudian; His family was originally just an ordinary shabby household, but because the boss married the proprietress who was very capable, it took only two or three years, and now they are so rich, tsk tsk. Their family only hired a manager to take care of the store, and the proprietress went It's the head shopkeeper. Anyway, I see that my sister is better than ordinary people. Besides, there is really no one else, and you never gave birth to a brother for me."

Aunt Xue couldn't laugh or cry, she gave him an annoyed look, her heart became more active.

Xue Pan went to Baochai's house to tease him for half a day, but Baochai naturally refused.For several days, Xue Pan begged and begged her and persuaded Aunt Xue.Aunt Xue hesitated because she really didn't want to entrust Xue Biao.In the end, it was Liu Aiyun who sent someone to quietly pass a message to Xue Baochai, "This matter is very important. If the eldest girl can help, she will be able to enter the palace if she is not complete in the future."

Xue Baochai has always been ambitious.In the past few years, he had been thinking about Jia Baoyu all his heart, but he was discouraged by Mrs. Jia Muwang's playfulness. The word "Prince's Mansion" seemed to open a bright window for her, and she was tempted immediately.She had a heart, Xue Pan was on the sidelines, Wang Ziteng did not object, and Aunt Xue agreed within a few days.

Xue Pan then entrusted Baochai with all the affairs in Beijing, and prepared to go south to Lingnan with Wang Ziteng.Seeing that the separation was imminent, she was reluctant to part with Liu Aiyun.I met Jia Cong a few times, and it hurt my eyes to see that appearance, so I sent Xue Pan a few words: If the relationship between the two lasts for a long time, how can they be in the same day and night.Naturally, Xue Pan had never seen it before, so he asked Liu Aiyun about it.But Liu Aiyun had learned it from operas, so she shyly told him to listen to it.Xue Pan was emotionally moved for a moment, he held him in his arms and said: "Although that is the case, I am really reluctant to part with you."

Everything is ready, except that there is no movement from the saint.Jia Cong went to Prince Ning's Mansion again, and asked him if there was a way to make the court suddenly short of money.The sixth prince smiled and said: "This is easy." Soon, all the princes started together, and the court asked for money from all directions, and both the sage and Lin Hai were devastated.In the past, when you met this matter, you should discuss it with Situ Pan, but now Situ Pan is still in Jiangxi and has not come back.The saint had no choice but to order Lin Hai to secretly allow the smuggled seafood to go on the market.

On this day, a fast horse came to Beijing to deliver a letter. The three sons of the Xu family each led a group of people to fight until the sky was dark and the sky was dark. In the end, it was his second son Xu Su who won.Because of the defeat in the battle, the other two factions led the remnants of the defeated generals to the mountains to become bandits.Xu Su then took the initiative to make people negotiate peace with the imperial envoy.The two of them discussed it with each other for two days, but Xu Su rushed back to Yuzhang because he received an urgent letter from his family, and was shot to death when he entered the city.As soon as he died, Xu Hong's men and horses completely collapsed and dispersed, and Situ Pan and others easily recovered Jiangxi.Looking more closely at Jiangxi soldiers and horses, seven or eight out of ten were actually lost in their internal friction!

Situ Pan thought that the generals in Jiangxi were all accomplices and suffered severe losses, so he wrote to the saint to intercede for them.The saint then discussed in Linhai.

Lin Hai wryly smiled and said, "Even if we have to settle the score, we can't settle it now. How can there be so many people to fill their gaps?"

The sage sighed: "I can't even transfer a suitable Jiangxi general soldier, and I have to meet the old man's heart. Let's wait for the old nine to come back and discuss it."

Lin Hai couldn't help but still feel worried when he returned home, his brows were tightly furrowed.Daiyu had dinner with her father, and when they met, they asked why.Lin Hai said sadly: "If there are two saints in the court for two days, one of the most important things is that it is difficult to elect officials."

Daiyu pondered for a moment and said, "The two saints are father and son, but they manage their own affairs. Others also have this. For example, his father is a former minister of the Supreme Emperor, but he himself has the heart to serve the saint."

Lin Hai's eyes lit up, and he slapped the desk and said, "Cong'er and the others say my daughter is a female Zhuge every day, it's just as it should be!"

The next morning, he entered the palace and presented the plan to the saint, saying that it was his own idea.As soon as the sage thought it was reasonable, he looked for candidates among the children of the old sages and ministers in Beijing.Then thought of Xie Jing.Dingcheng Hou Xie's family originally belonged to the old man, and they favored Xie Guiren just to give the old man face.Originally, they only wanted to clean up their house after the old man left, but now Mrs. Xie has already taken care of the seventh child.

The Xie family gave gifts to Rongguo Mansion that day, but Rongguo Mansion said they didn't know why.Feng Ziying asked Jia Cong about this, and Jia Cong frowned, recalling what he had said to Xie Jing, and said: "It really didn't help him. It's just that I persuaded Brother Xie that Mr. Xie should not lie about anything. The saint, do all the women in the palace rely on the saint to live their lives? Does this count?" The saint then remembered that Xie Gui had really told the saint that he was pregnant, and poured out many thoughts and thoughts. The woman is sincere, and ordered many people to take care of her.I don't want to be a child's idea.It can also be seen from this that the Xie family attaches great importance to this old seventh.Old man Xie is getting old, so Xie Jing will rely on himself to get rich and powerful in the future?He is young and capable, and he is not as stubborn as his grandfather Lao Tzu.

It's just that someone needs to argue wittily and persuade him to do things for the old man in the open and for him in the dark.Originally, Situ Pan was supposed to handle such matters, but he is not here at the moment.The saint then ordered Lin Hai to persuade Xie Jing.

Lin Hai was afraid that there would be a gap between the two brothers, and wished that the sage would look at Situ Pan more and more, so he said, "I don't have the ability. Why don't you just order him to go to Jiangxi to work in the army and let the virtuous king persuade him? If he is persuaded, he will be appointed as Jiangxi Commander-in-Chief, it’s fine if you’re not persuaded.”

The sage smiled and said, "Ruhai, you are getting more and more tired."

Lin Haidao: "It's just that General Xie is too young, I'm afraid he won't be able to convince the public."

The saint sighed: "There is only a mess left in Jiangxi, and the officers and soldiers who surrendered are like frightened birds, trembling. But anyone sent by the court, they will naturally obey." Nai shook his head again, "But their family still owes the treasury The more than 60 silver has never been returned, and the law of the country has always been regarded as nothing. If they let them go in the future, I will not be willing in my heart."

Lin Hai persuaded: "Saint, let's look past the present before looking at the sun. It is not impossible to give Xie Jing a chance to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds, and the Seventh Prince is still here."

Although the sage had no choice but to do so.The Xie family thought that among the old men's veterans, only the Rongguo family had returned the money from the treasury, so they couldn't help blurting out: "Pian Jia Amnesty is another idiot! Otherwise, I can still use it."

Lin Haiyin had misunderstood several times in his early years, and only thought that Jia She was hiding.After hearing this, he decided to recommend him to the sage as an official, but he hesitated for a while and swallowed it again.

The palace issued an order the next day, ordering Xie Jing, the guerrilla general of the Beijing camp, to go to Jiangxi to work in the army.On the other end, a secret letter was sent to Situ Pan, ordering him to persuade Xie Jing to switch to the sect.

The Xie family was overjoyed when they received the decree, and they all thought that it was the gift of nobleman Xie, whose prosperity and wealth would last forever.

Not long after Situ Pan and others returned to Beijing, the sage ordered Xie Jing to be transferred to the general of Jiangxi; the old sage thought that he was sympathetic to his veterans, and was quite satisfied.

Thousands of miles away, the sun is shining brightly in the South of the Five Ridges. Hong Kong, a deserted island in the past, has already taken shape as a small port, and everything is waiting to be done.